It is 7:50AM on this hot sticky Wednesday morning in the South! I am thinking way too much about the dental apointment I have today. I have to get a dental crown in the back of my mouth. I really just want to wish it away and do something more fun like picking blueberries at high noon in this stiffling heat.
We have been picking berries for days and days now...sweating profusley in this heat...we now have a freezer full of plump deep blue blueberries! Yummy, and oh so good for you too! Blueberries are one fruit that can be pesticide free with no problems from bugs here in the south, but the birds here must be organic, they love them! We have two fake black snakes in the bushes to deter the birds...ummm, tell that to the one that built a nest smack dab in the center of the bushes this spring and dared to pick our noses off when we got close to her nest! Her babies got wings and flew off while we were on vacation...thank goodness! But my Dad who lives next door, decided while we were away, that adding tape cassette ribbon to the bushes would help keep the birds at bay. So, far I think he may be onto something with all his flashy ribbons tied to the tips of the bushes blowing in the gentle humid breezes...until I get stuck in one reaching for that thumb size berry way up high! Did you know that cassette tape ribbon sticks to a sweaty arm? Yep, and when you pull it away it feels very much like a spider going down your arm...but, we don't have birds in our bushes, threatening to attack us, and pecking out the seeds in the center of the berries to poop out on our cars! lol
I wish I knew someone who wanted to come over and pick blueberries....I am tired of picking them....oh, yeah...I just remembered I have my crowning today! Ugh....
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